Definitionen
1.NounA length of time. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}"There was a period of confusion following the announcement.; You'll be on probation for a six-month period."
2.NounA length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era."Food rationing continued in the post-war period."
3.NounThe punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
4.NounA decisive end to something; a stop.
5.NounThe length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.
6.NounFemale menstruation; an episode of this."When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming."
7.NounThe set of symptoms associated with menstruation, even if not accompanied by menstruation; an episode of these symptoms.
8.NounA section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc."This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period."
9.NounEach of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity."I have math class in second period."
10.NounEach of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided."Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period."
11.NounOne or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period."They won in the first overtime period."
12.NounThe length of time for a disease to run its course.
13.NounAn end or conclusion; the final point of a process, a state, an event, etc.
14.NounA complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
15.NounA specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
16.NounA row in the periodic table of the elements.
17.NounA geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs."These fossils are from the Jurassic period."
18.NounA Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
19.NounTwo phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
20.NounThe length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.
21.AdjectiveDesignating anything from a given historical era."a period car; a period TV commercial"
22.AdjectiveEvoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery."a period piece"
23.AdjectiveMenstrual."period pains; period blood; period supplies"
24.InterjectionThat's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story."I know you don't want to go to the dentist, but your teeth need to be checked, period!; I'm the GOAT, point blank period!"
25.VerbTo come to a period; to conclude.
26.VerbTo put an end to.
27.VerbTo menstruate; to excrete menstrual blood.